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When missouri was applying to become a state congress decided it was a slave state. Maine also wanted to become its own state so congress made it a free state.
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The wilmot proviso states that slavey is banned in all mexican bought states.
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Kansas is being attacked by the confederacy which lasted for many years. And california becomes a free state while mexico could choose to become a free state.
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The Fugitive Slave Act required all civillians to help catch runaway slaves which made people in the north very unhappy.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book depicting the lives of slaves and how mistreated they were.
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the dispute of slavery erupts again and the balence between slave and free states becomes unbalenced.
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Kansas becomes a battleground where people who are for slavery are fighting with people who are against it.
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Dredd scott was taken to court in order to become free. Dredd's owner had brought him across the border to the free states where he would have become free
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Abrahan Lincoln and his opponent a man named douglas had a seris of debates across the states. Abraham Lincoln usuakkty spoke of the topic "A house divided cannot stand".
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Abraham Lincoln wins the election despite the fact that he wasnt on the ballot in southern states.
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A man named John brown established a fort to help shelter runaway slaves.